How to Teach a Horse Piaffe Part I

www.taranolanhorses.com I am learning how to teach my horse piaffe this winter. I am going to share the steps with you as I learn them. Step 1 is teaching your horse to lift each leg when you tap it.

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[TaraNolanHorses]

You use the same technique as the natural horsemanship teaches. Tap gently and increase your tapping until the horse makes the slightest response. Immediately stop and praise your horse. It make take a bit for the horse to figure out what you want. The key is to immediately stop tapping and praise.

[TaraNolanHorses]

I do agree that a piaffe is a diagonal movement with the weight on the hindquarters; piaffe is also a movement carried through the entire body-not just a leg movement. I find that developing communication with my horse is never completely worthless.

[workingdogbarney]

this excercise is completely worthless for teaching a real piaffe. a piaffe is a diagonal trot with an extreme collection and way more weight on the hindquarters than in any other gait. a piaffe is good, when the frontlegs are tapping vertical and the hindlegs are coming way under the horses body. any other diagonal tapping of the horse is worthless.

[akanewe]

@workingdogbarney I completely disagree with you, this is not completely worthless. Your disrespect for this person's work puts you in a position to be pounced on just the same. By the way do also say that the piaffe has to be performed on the spot or with very reduced forward movement when you give those neat definitions. This is a very simple and therefore good way to initiate piaffe and passage. I am glad you use other ways, but this is not worthless.

[OxanaBarratt]

lovely horse.Take care of him,give him good food and a lot of sugar,i can see,that he has good jump.

[MichlPiano]

This has nothing to do with a correct piaffe. This is just some trick.

[SlashJunky]

The reason he's confused it because you keep tapping when he's picked up the foot. You're not rewarding at that point.

[Futureshowjumper]

Ive only done this exercise twice with my Thoroughbred but hes already starting to hold his legs for a couple of seconds, so hes learning :).

[JaMeE92]

@lovebobo14 pick the le up for them and then ive them a treat, tap the the again and if no response in the slightest lift the le up yourself again then praise... vice versa this is a great way to start duno y people are slating it!

[lovebobo14]

what to do if the horse doesnt pick up the leg ?

please help ! :/

[1010nicole1010]

Very good! i like it and nobody who is working with his horse and teaching his horse new things is a bad person. horses love attention and love to learn.

[akanewe]

@TaraNolanHorses well said!